dismissedAPR102025_07B52032025-04-10 · combined · Texas Service Center
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The Petitioner, a production engineering consultant, sought an EB-2 national interest waiver based on his work in industrial/production engineering.
Field: production/industrial engineering · Read the decision (uscis.gov)
Prong 1 — national importancenot established
“these generalized articles may demonstrate the importance of the field, they did not show his specific endeavor would meet the national importance requirement”
AAO decision text
How the evidence was treated
- motion resubmission · discounted
“Reasserting previously stated facts or resubmitting previously provided evidence does not constitute the submission of "new facts."”
AAO decision text - other · discounted
“he does not explain how these two industry articles reveal facts that could be considered new, rather than cumulative information”
AAO decision text
Where this case turned
- Endeavor too vague · p1 — described as a job role, not a defined undertaking
- Field importance conflated with endeavor · p1 — argues the field matters, not the specific endeavor
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Notable
This is the Petitioner's third combined motion to reopen/reconsider after the AAO had already dismissed the appeal and two prior combined motions; the AAO focused entirely on motion procedural requirements rather than re-litigating the prongs, though it references its prior prong-1 finding regarding generalized field-importance articles versus the specific endeavor.
Authorities this decision leans on
From the doctrinal survivor set — 187 authority tests across 47 distinct authorities cleared the differential-lift gates. Only those appear here.
- 8 C.F.R. 103.5
- Matter of O-S-G-
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